>"Lionscribe" <lionscr...@gmail.com> a écrit dans le message de news: >187...@palm-dev-forum... >Did anyone out there also buy the Palm webOS Rough Cuts from Safari. >I must say, I have read many programming books in many languages, but this >one rates 0 on a scale of 1-10. >I mean, I really have to struggle to figure out what he's talking about, >though I have a basic knowledge of Javascript. >It's basicaly a list of instructions, with zero explanation of what is >going on I could do that from the API. A book is supposed to help you >understand.. >Did anyone else have these feelings, or am I starting to lose it in old >age? >In addition, all the books I have read, though they sometimes assume you >have basic knowledge in a base language, they still reference you along the >way, using sidebars or the like, but not >here. >They seem to expect you to have ADVANCED knowledge of HTML, DHTML, >JAVASCRIPT, AJAX and more. >I believe even for the advanced there is missing. For example, it starts >using the "this" object extensivly, without explaining to what object the >"this" is refering to, when used in the context of a >"View". >In the same way, they use the "div" all over. Well, the "div" is used very >often in HTML, but not in the way they use it. I had to break my head to >figure out what and why they are using all >those "divs" for. >A little explanation would go a long way. >Sorry, just rattling off my feelings....
I bought it and glaced at it. My first impressions match what you are saying here. As a C programmer, I'm not atracted to this new platform. -- Regis St-Gelais -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
